Photo: Mouh2jijel · CC BY-SA 3.0Quimper is home to 15 colleges and universities
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (2,631 students) and IFPS - IFMEM Quimper Cornouaille (361 students) are inside Quimper. 4,986 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Quimper: 8 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Quimper
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Quimper
1 university, 7 other schools, 7 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 14 smaller schools with 2,213 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Quimper on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 140 | 2,517 | 37% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 112 | 1,957 | 47% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée de Cornouaille | 31 | 610 | 50% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours biologie médicale et biotechnologie Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 63 | 1,589 | 53% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Auguste Brizeux | 48 | 862 | 55% |
| Diplôme National d'Art Ecole Européenne Supérieure d'Art de Bretagne - Site de Quimper | 42 | 668 | 57% |
| BUT - Management de la Logistique et des Transports Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 90 | 613 | 73% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours sciences de l'aliment et biotechnologie Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 63 | 621 | 84% |
| Licence - Portail Administration économique et sociale - Administration et gestion des entreprises, Administration et gestion des territoires Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 80 | 818 | 99% |
| Licence - Portail Droit - Droit parcours général Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 145 | 1,245 | 100% |
At which level?
The 4,844 students enrolled in Quimper, by year of study (autumn 2025).
What would you pay?
Public universities charge one national fee: €178 a year for a licence or BUT and €255 for a master’s in 2026–27, plus the €105 student life contribution (CVEC); scholarship holders pay neither. Students from outside the EU pay more unless their university waives it. BTS and prépa classes in public lycées are free. Private schools and some grandes écoles set their own fees.
Questions about college near Quimper
How many students are in Quimper?
4,986 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Quimper (autumn 2025): about 8 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Quimper?
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (2,631 students); IFPS - IFMEM Quimper Cornouaille (361 students); Lycée Le Likès (272 students); Lycée Le Paraclet (252 students); Lycée Jean Chaptal (246 students); Ecole Européenne Supérieure d'Art de Bretagne - Site de Quimper (177 students).
What does university cost here?
Public universities charge one national fee: €178 a year for a licence or BUT and €255 for a master’s in 2026–27, plus the €105 student life contribution (CVEC); scholarship holders pay neither. Students from outside the EU pay more unless their university waives it. BTS and prépa classes in public lycées are free. Private schools and some grandes écoles set their own fees.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Higher education: the Ministry of Higher Education’s Atlas régional des effectifs étudiants (students enrolled at each institution in each commune, autumn 2025, the BTS and prépa classes in lycées included), Principaux établissements and Parcoursup 2025 (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Students are counted where they study, not where they live. Straight-line distances from the center of Quimper. Colleges are described, not graded; the Student town label marks communes where 15 or more students study for every 100 residents. Fees: the national arrêté, 2026–27. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, through each institution’s Wikidata item; author and licence on each.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.